India's flag is a tricolor standard, with bands of saffron, white, and dark green.
The saffron represents courage, sacrifice, patriotism, and renunciation. It is also the color of the Hindu people.
The white is in the center, symbolizing the hope for unity and peace.
The green stands for faith, fertility and the land; it is the color of the Islam religion.
In the center of the white band there is a blue wheel with 24 spokes. This is the Ashoka Chakra (or "Wheel of Law"). The Chakra represents the continuing progress of the nation and the importance of justice in life. It also appears on the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka.
CHAKRA
India's flag is a tricolor standard, with bands of saffron, white, and dark green.
In the center of the white band there is a blue wheel with 24 spokes. This is the Ashoka Chakra (or "Wheel of Law"). The Chakra represents the continuing progress of the nation and the importance of justice in life. It also appears on the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka.
(adapted from
http://greetingindia.tripod.com/flag.html)
Here is another nice exercise to test what you have just learned:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47621644/IndiaC-chakra.htm